From the award-winning tra
n
slator
of
The
Iliad
and
T
he
Odyssey
comes a b
r
illi
a
n
t
n
e
w tran
s
lation of Virgil's grea
t epic
Flee
in
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e
a
s
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s of T
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oy, Ae
n
eas,
Achi
l
les’ m
i
gh
t
y fo
e
in
t
h
e
Iliad
,
begins
an
inc
re
dible j
ou
r
n
ey
t
o fulfill
h
is d
e
stiny
a
s
t
he f
o
unde
r of
Rom
e
.
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o
y
a
ge
w
ill t
a
ke
hi
m through
s
t
or
m
y s
e
a
s
,
entangl
e
hi
m
in a
t
rag
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c
l
ove affair, and
l
ure
h
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m
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nto the worl
d
of the dead itse
l
f--all the wa
y
t
o
rme
n
t
e
d b
y the
vengeful Jun
o
,
Quee
n
of the Go
d
s. Ultimately,
he
reaches the p
ro
m
is
ed land
of
Italy wh
e
re,
a
fter
blo
od
y
battl
es a
n
d with
h
i
gh hopes, he foun
ds
wha
t
will becom
e
the Rom
a
n empire. An un
s
p
a
ring por
t
ra
i
t
o
f a ma
n
c
a
ught betwee
n
love,
d
uty,
an
d
fat
e
,
t
he
Aeneid
r
edef
in
es
p
as
sion,
nobil
it
y,
and c
o
urag
e
f
o
r
our t
i
me
s
.
Robe
r
t F
ag
les, whose
a
ccl
aimed tran
s
lat
ion
s of
Homer’s
I
liad
a
n
d
Odyssey
were
welcomed as major publis
hi
ng event
s
,
br
in
gs
t
he
Aenei
d
to
a
n
ew
gen
er
atio
n
of
r
ea
d
ers,
retaini
n
g all
o
f
th
e
g
r
a
v
ita
s
and
h
um
a
ni
t
y
of
th
e
o
ri
g
inal
La
t
in as w
e
ll
as
i
ts p
o
werful b
len
d
of
poe
t
ry
a
n
d
myth.
Featu
ri
ng
an
i
l
lumi
n
a
t
ing
i
n
t
r
o
duct
i
on
t
o Virgil’
s w
orld
b
y
estee
me
d
s
cholar
Bernard Kn
o
x,
th
i
s
v
o
l
um
e lend
s
a
v
i
br
ant
n
e
w voice to one of the semin
a
l lite
r
ary ach
i
eveme
n
ts
o
f
th
e
a
n
c
i
e
nt world
.